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LiteWeb Protected File Access Vulnerability
Secunia Advisory: SA15592
Release Date: 2005-06-03
Last Update: 2005-06-10
Popularity: 4,980 views

Critical:
Moderately critical
Impact: Security Bypass
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Unpatched

Software:LiteWeb 2.x

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CVE reference:CVE-2005-1908


Description:
Ziv Kamir has reported a vulnerability in LiteWeb, which can be exploited by malicious people to bypass certain security restrictions.

The vulnerability is caused due to an access control error allowing unauthorised access to password-protected files on the web server via specially crafted requests.

Examples:
http://[host]/\admin\/login.html
http://[host]//admin//login.html

The vulnerability has been reported in version 2.5. Other versions may also be affected.

Solution:
The vulnerability will reportedly be fixed in the next version.

Provided and/or discovered by:
Ziv Kamir, Global Security Solution IT.

Changelog:
2005-06-10: Added CVE reference.


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